So glad the law was upheld. This gives me hope for Stand Your Ground laws everywhere.

 

I'm pretty sure I can guess everyone's position on this case, but just in case: what do you guys think?

Wow.........................

The city starts bracing...

Yes, this was very important for the Stand You Ground laws.  Thank goodness!!!

Prosecution didn't make a good case for the charges.. I know that's a yeah-duh, but..

 

After reading the news and only slightly following the case I thought the most likely outcome was "lesser charges"

The media slant was huge. CNN screen tagline said "Jury to consider manslaughter, murder" while completely ignoring the possibility of acquittal - ridiculous.

 

CNN also said "Breaking News: Jury has deliberated for 15 hours" - I'm sorry, but how is that breaking? *smh*

Good Lord, I didn't think they'd do it

The entire jury was made up of females, 5 of 6 were mothers. I actually can't believe he was found not guilty.

....let the games begin....

Cnn and other Liberal channels are already blaming the NRA, saying the " NRA owns Florida"

I'm in a Miami hotel right now, and the lobby/hallway is seething. I'm actually a little bit afraid of riots/unrest when we leave our room tomorrow morning.

The kid wasn't as innocent as the media portrayed him to be, but the shooter isn't all there either. I'm in between

The kid wasn't as innocent as the media portrayed him to be, but the shooter isn't all there either. I'm in between

Yeah, I don't think this is a cut and dry event.  But I don't think that the evidence provided by the state could have pushed the jury to a guilty verdict

i cant believe this is relevant.. who cares,  stop making celebrities out of everyone..  if its not me or my family.. i dont care.  people take things way to heart.

Next stop:

Federal Court on civil rights charges against Zimmerman for depriving Martin of his life

 

With Barry and Holder in charge, this is FAR from over imho.

I believe Not Guilty is absolutely appropriate and I believe that, if Trayvon was a tragedy as everyone continually cried out, it was a further tragedy Zimmerman was tried, after the POLICE said, "He didn't do anything wrong/ we're not charging him" and O-czar-a and Holda decided, Oh no hellz no, we say charge him, NOW DO IT.

 

 

 

 

I am more concerend, having spent an hour or two BEFORE the verdict was in, reading the Twitter threats continually saying how they can't wait till it's not guilty so they can go riot and loot, most people naming Best Buy and Walmart as places they're going to riot and ransack at.

 

Sickening, and I'm sure if and when that happens even more people will be in danger of bodily harm they didn't ask for.

If racial unrest follows Zimmerman jury decision, blame it on Activist Obama

 

It should go without saying that love and pride of country should be the first qualifications for anyone seeking the presidency of America. 

 

President Barack Hussein Obama came into the power of the White House as an activist—pushed by activists.

If racial unrest follows Zimmerman jury decision, blame it on Activist Obama

 

It should go without saying that love and pride of country should be the first qualifications for anyone seeking the presidency of America. 

 

President Barack Hussein Obama came into the power of the White House as an activist—pushed by activists.

Let's keep the politics out of this thread.....  would like to keep it here for all to read....

Next stop:

Federal Court on civil rights charges against Zimmerman for depriving Martin of his life

 

With Barry and Holder in charge, this is FAR from over imho.

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

Ima riot?

 

I'm confused. Do i riot or wut?

This case should never have gone to court, which was what the initial decision was before the media got involved to stir up the pot.

O"Mara just had a great point - "This "in your heart" stuff, is not what they're supposed to do..." and I meant to address that.  The Prosecutors wanted reverse jury nullification.

 

If you're not 101% familiar, jury nullification would be something along the lines of , the jurors find someone not guilty when it's clear he/she is guilty ... basically saying "We don't care we think the person was justified breaking the law" OR " we don't agree with the law".  There have been excellent examples on Law and Order episodes.  I think one episode in the later years of the show involved a hot blonde therapist running down "JACOB LOWENSTEIN" a coke head pysch doc who was imprisoned in the earliest years of LnO, then released but still a monster, and she killed him with her car because he was still seeking to have a family (to abuse).  The jury said not guilty, ie "We don't care she broke the law".

 

THESE PROSECUTORS basically wanted the jurors to say "It's not against the law but WE DON'T LIKE IT, WE DON'T AGREE WITH IT, WE DON'T SIT ON THAT SIDE OF THE FENCE, SO WE WANT YOU TO THROW HIM IN JAIL" and quite literally argued for this.  And that is absolutely wrong and those guys deserve formal prosecutorial misconduct reprimands or worse.

All i can say is YES! Now let's see what O says!

ROFL who's the 4th guy in the back?

Lead detective, Serino.

The entire jury was made up of females, 5 of 6 were mothers. I actually can't believe he was found not guilty.

I can. 

So can I riot now? When can I go get my new flat screen?

So can I riot now? When can I go get my new flat screen?

Let's keep the politics out of this thread.....  would like to keep it here for all to read....

 

Fair enough.